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Dutch king unveils billions in aid amid soaring inflation

Dutch King Willem-Alexander marked the opening of the parliamentary year with a speech outlining the government's budget plans for the year ahead as Queen Maxima, right, listens at the Royal Theatre in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Socialist Party politician Emile Roemer gestures prior to a ceremony where Dutch King Willem-Alexander marked the opening of the parliamentary year with a speech outlining the government's budget plans for the year ahead at the Royal Theatre in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Populist Dutch anti-immigration lawmaker Geert Wilders laughs prior to a ceremony where Dutch King Willem-Alexander marked the opening of the parliamentary year with a speech outlining the government's budget plans for the year ahead at the Royal Theatre in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Socialist Party leader Lilian Marijnissen, center, attended a ceremony where Dutch King Willem-Alexander marked the opening of the parliamentary year with a speech outlining the government's budget plans for the year ahead at the Royal Theatre in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Sylvana Simons, leader of the anti-racist political party BIJ1, talks to other guests prior to a ceremony where Dutch King Willem-Alexander marked the opening of the parliamentary year with a speech outlining the government's budget plans for the year ahead at the Royal Theatre in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Guests join Queen Maxima in a "Hail to the King" after Dutch King Willem-Alexander marked the opening of the parliamentary year with a speech outlining the government's budget plans for the year ahead at the Royal Theatre in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Dutch King Willem-Alexander marked the opening of the parliamentary year with a speech outlining the government's budget plans for the year ahead at the Royal Theatre in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Dutch king unveils billions in aid amid soaring inflation